Mr. Noble!!
2006-10-18 23:47:26
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answered by alfonso 5
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Alfred Nobel
Laureate Dario Fo - The Nobel Prize in Literature - The very first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded in 1901 to the French poet and philosopher Sully Prudhomme, who in his poetry showed the "rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect"
2006-10-19 00:04:05
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answered by J 3
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Alfred Nobel.
http://nobelprize.org/
Carpe Diem!
2006-10-21 18:16:10
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answered by afrodyzyak 5
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Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, is (ironically) the namesake of the Nobel Peace Prize & the other Nobel Prizes.
2006-10-19 00:00:44
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answered by Maewest 4
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No one "discovered" the Nobel prize. It was named after, and funded by, the fortunes of Alfred Nobel. He invented TNT, and made a lot of money from it. He also felt bad that his invention was used for wars, violence, etc., so he set up the Nobel Prize, funded with his fortune.
2006-10-18 23:54:08
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answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7
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its NOBEL prize, after Alfred Nobel
he Prizes were instituted by the final will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, industrialist, and the inventor of dynamite. Alfred Nobel wrote several wills during his lifetime. The last one was written on November 27, 1895—a little over a year before he died. He signed it at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris on November 27, 1895. Nobel's work had directly involved the creation of explosives, and he became increasingly uneasy with the military usage of his inventions. It is said that this was motivated in part by his reading of a premature obituary of himself, published in error by a French newspaper on the occasion of the death of Nobel's brother Ludvig, and which condemned Alfred as a "merchant of death." So in his will, Alfred left 94% of his worth (31 miljoner kronor or 4,223,500.00 USD) to the establishment of five prizes
"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:
The capital shall be invested by my executors in safe securities and shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.
The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical works by the Caroline Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, so that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be a Scandinavian or not."
— Alfred Nobel
Although Nobel's will established the prizes, his plan was incomplete and, due to various other hurdles, it was five years before the Nobel Foundation could be established and the first prizes awarded on December 10, 1901[2].
2006-10-18 23:48:24
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answered by Louis T 3
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